Protector for lamps.



TT @l le) thrill/1.1L) Url lirici@ JACGB G. YVISSINGIR, F RUTHER-FORD, NEW JERSEY.,

rmo'reoror, roi@ Lettre.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

lnzitemted Got., 16, 1921i?,

Application led November 3, 1916. Serial No. 129,348.

To @ZZ wlmi/i t may concern:

Be it loiown "that l, JACOB G. l/VISSINGER, e citizen of the United States, and resident of Rutherford, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented a new und useful lirlprovement in Protectors for Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

'lhisjiiifeiition,relates to an improvement iii proecto'rsVIV i ramps, with the object in View of provVv org' i device which may he mounted upon the rei'icctor o the conveiitional type of lamps used upon automobiles, whereby the howard. arid side glare ot the' lamp will be dimmed..

'liother olojectis'l to pro-ride a device which may be adjusted to tit reflectors of verions eizee,

liiother oligcct is to provide e device wir "i @elite o :i` lump having my prorcd de'ricc applied thereto.

l i," il reprceerlts :i r i t"ical cent tokenI in tht-plone oi he lirie llig. Lend Y Fig'. 3 represente. at plexi View oi' my device leid out llait :md forming :r blank,

The device in e blank is of semieireulzir form., having :i loody portion l, :md wings 2, 3, formed by a' radial slit ll, extending; from its periphery toward the center ano termieatiiigf :1t its innercld in e curved slit 5, Z'he body l has o, hole S which is reieforced by washers Y' und hy which f position, or:

3 to the wings ro if liront elevation when iii use, the particular slot-registering with the tongue according to the diameter or size of the lomp. The 'wings are also provided with indicating lines l2 drawn parallel with the outer periphery, by which lines the user may 'oe guided so as torcutf the Winge to Fit the particular lamp to which it' to be used.

After the wings have been out to the Clesired size, the device if-s applied to the reflector i3 of the lump, hy reirlovirig the iiicziiifleecent loulh 1%, which is again replaced with the washers 7 :uid body l interposed heiweer. the Shoulders l of the bullo zuid the socket lo oi" the lamp. iith the loullo Screwed down to itel proper position, the device is firmly,v heldA against rotation. lli this position, :is shown in l afiod 2, the

i wings :irc overlapped so that they Will cohforni to the shape of the rerlector E, While the tongue l0 is fitted in the slot il nearest thereto. With the xrings secured in position, the lower huit of the reflector Will'be corered, thereby diil'usihg the rays or the incandescent hull). To eliminate the Side glare ot the reflector, the tips 8 and 9 of the wings 2, are extended upwardly above :i horizontal line :iiidthus cover o Vportion of the side of the reiieclor. rlhe renmiuing portion of the relie. tor left uncovered directs the rays the bulb downwardly :mil below hc' vision o :i person passing infront oitx the lomp, :it the same time :illordiiig suliicicut light to meet'zill requirements.'

The device muy he of flexible sheet iiieiterizil such 1i" paper or other `suitable ma le l, which opaque :und of Sulliciezit flexibility that it will coiiformyto the diii'cr eht shapes of 'the reflectors now in common i having wings integraltherewith, seidwings' being' adapted to coliform to the shape of the lamp reflector when in use Q. il lamp glare protector of flexible sheet material ooiiiprisirlg' n, body portion having djustahle Wings integral therewith, seid vii adapted to overlap to Conol the lamp reflector,

said-Wings being adapted to overlap to conform to the shape of the lamp reflector, andmeans for retaining' the Wings in locked engagement when in use.

4. A lamp glare protector of flexible sheet material Comprising a body portion having adjustable Wings integral'therewith, said Wings being adapted to overlap to conform to the'shape of the lamp reflector,

said Wings having a tongue and slot en ga gement for retaining them in locked position when in use.

5. A lamp glare protector of flexible sheet material comprising a body portion having adjustable wings integral therewith, said Wings being adapted to overlap to conform to the shape of the lamp reflector when` in use, said Wings having a tongue and slot engagement for retaining them in locked position When in use and provided With upwardly extended tips.

6. A lamp glare protector of flexible sheet material comprisinga body portion having a hole therein for the reception of having a reinforced hole therein for the reception of an incandescent bulb, adjustable` Wings integral therewith, said wings being adapted to overlap to conform to the shape of 4the lamp reflector, said Wings having a tongue and slot engagement for retaining them in locked position when in use and provided with upwardly extended tips.

8. A lamp glare protector of flexible sheet material comprising a semicircular blank having a series of concentricindicatN ing lines for trimming to fit lamps of different diameters.

9. A lamp glare protector of fiexible sheet material comprising a semicireular blank divided by communicating radial and transverse slits. i

l0. A lamp' glare protector of flexible, sheet material comprising a semicircular blank divided by communicating radialand transverse slits and having a series of con- `centric indicating lines for trimming to fit lamps of diderent diameters.

1l. A lampv glare portector of flexible sheet material comprising a semicireular blank having a radial slit terminating at its innerend in a curved slit.

dIn testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name this lst day of November, 1916.

JACOB Gr. WISSINGER. l 

